Composition for artificial stone



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- UIKUTED STATES n Examiner PATENT OFFICE.

lENJAMIN WILLIAM EDDY, OF EASTLAKE, ALABAMA.

COMPOSITION FOR ARTIFICIAL STON E.

EPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,520, dated December 25, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WILLIAM EDDY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Eastlake, in the county of Jeffer- 5 son and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compositions; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in [O the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

lllycomposition consists of the following ingredients combined in the proportions stated, vizr' twocubic I5 feet; cemen one on 00 or! e of iron one-mime foot; water em to a plastic mass. 'mgredients are to. be thoroughly mixed by tempering or other means of agitation. 2c The above named composition is to be used for various purposes, namely to make cheap weights of any description, the cost of such weights being much less than cast iron, or other substances usually used for that pur- 2 5 pose. The composition can be used to make basement or cellar floors, it being rat and vermin proof when used for that purpose, and it is also suitable for filling burglar proof safes and vaults, and can be used to advan- 0 tage in such constructions.

In using the above named composition for the making of weights, the material is prepared as follows: A quantity of metallic turni s an b riass enchant ie l yvm in 3 5 machine shops and other ironworking establishments is procured. Wtland, or other *suitablefcement in half the'fiiiantity'by mea's ur'eis'addedtoihe'turningo Oxide of iron in one-fourth the quantity of cement is added. 0 All the ingredients are mixed together by any method of agitation until thoroughly mixed, when water is added in sutficient quantity to form the whole into a plastic mass. The composition when so mixed can be molded to 5 make weights in suitable molds to any form Application filed March 26, 1894. Serial No. 505,166. (No specimens.)

or shape desired. It required, a staple or eye can be n olded in the material to suspend the weight, pressure or ramming being used when filling the composition into the molds, to compact the material to a firm and solid mass. The composition is allowed to stand in the mold after filling a sufficient time to set firm enough to handle. The mold is then opened and the weight turned out to dry. \Vhen dry the weights can be dipped in coal tar, or painted any color desired, to give them a uniform coating on the outside.

To make a rat or vermin proof basement or cellar floor the composition is mixed as above described. When so mixed it is laid a suitable 6o thickness on broken rock, or on any other kind of a suitably prepared foundation. The material when laid is compacted and leveled by drawing a heavy roller over it, or ramming it with a tamper, during the time of setting before it gets too stiff or hard to pack.

To use as a filling for burglar proof safes and vaults, the composition is mixed as above described wrou ht iron or steel turnilws in 1' lon here's-gamm ropor 1 When so mixed arid 'placed in a l burglar proof safe or vault, using pressure or ramming to compact the composition during the process of filling, it makes an eifective 1 filling, that when dry, it is almost impossible 7 5 to drill or to get through in any manner. 3

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The herein described composition of matter to be used for making weights, cellar and basemen; doors, and to fil sa es and vaults, consisting of water, metallic turnings and borings, oem ei'i'tj and dxide of'iron in the proportioiis specified. n

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 8 5 presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN WILLIAM EDDY.

Witnesses:

JEROME A. TUCKER. H. E. SWAN. 

